Show TWO GREAT PACIFIC HARBORS The New York Skin Sim discusses some harbors in the I J Pacific and it is of interest here because it brings up upu upa i u u. little history which some people in this this' city are arc deeply interested in After saying that Pearl harbor as IS a naval base for fOI the north Pacific is u until it is improved improved im im- irn- irn proved little more than a salt just around the corner from Honolulu and that millions of dollars dollar's dollars dol dol- lars Jars must be expended to make it available it says Pearl harbor is a necessary outpost and on it depends depends de do- not only our commerce on that ocean but as aswell well the peace of the coast from Puget Sound to San Diego and the maintenance of the Panama canal as asa asa asa a free waterway But continuing it says Not Kot less important as covering the Pacific mouth of the canal is our remote southern Bouthern outpost in the bay of Pago Pago But there is a Do great difference between This Tiis is easily shown in the routine lontine an an- in the navy department that tho the cruisers cruisers cruis cruis- ers era West Vest Virginia Maryland Mar land Pennsylvania Tennessee Tennes Tennes- see Washington California and South Dakota have at Pago Pago accompanied by the destroyers destroy destroy- ers era Truxton Powell Whipple Hopkins l Perry erry and I Stewart and the Solace is yet to come Seven major units seven minor units of our fighting force have floated into a commodious haven where not one dollar dol dol- dollar lar has been expended to give ships room roon More 1 than tons of possibilities have displaced the land locked Samoan water and still there is room mom for or more in this harbor which might shelter a battleship bat bat- fleet Commodore Wilkes found that harbor and negotiated a treat treaty with the time chief of that tha bay bar securing to the thc United States time the possession of the thc har harbor or In time the settlement of the Samoan question after sixty troubled years cars we came ClUne out ont of f the time trouble trou trou- trouble ble lie with the only thing worth while the tue harbor of Pago Pago That harbor ought to be fortified and Pearl har liar harbor harbor bor ought to be fortified and improved and then the United States would have two ports in the Pacific which would be bc great depots for our commercial ships which at nt the same sonic time would be outposts against an any enemy coming from the time west And bythe by br bythe the way Commodore Wilkes in that exploring expedition expedition ex ex- sailed away awny south and found the southern continent and made maps and charts of it The rhe ac- ac curacy of these was later disputed by an English adm admiral admiral ad ad- m miral but within thin the last four years ears another expedition expedition expedition tion has confirmed the correctness of the tho old ad- ad nral's charts and maps and made clear that with time the not very yer perfect instruments of his day lIe he did the time timework work in those before unexplored waters that later bore boro the test of the finest talent of the present day dar |